Reference Materials

People

• AT&T 800 listings 
• Find the zip code for any address 
• Four-11 E-mail search 
• Genealogical Information 
• Genealogies 
• Infospace phone directory 
• International phone directory 
• Internet address finder 
• Look-up! 
• Search telephone numbers and e-mail 
• Switchboard 
• Telephone directories on the web 
• U.S. postal zip codes 
• WHOIS 
• Yahoo people search 

Places

• Global Metric Time Service 
• InfoNation InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
• Mapquest Need directions? MapQuest, which has been in the cartography business since 1967, supplies driving directions and maps for the entire country, as well as for 300 metropolitan areas around the world.
• Microsoft TerraServer 
• Yahoo map generator 
• Zip Code-City & City-Zip Code Xrefs & US Census Bureau Stats Here is a great webpage that will tell you all sorts of information about an area... all from the Zip Code. Find zip code cross references, US Census bureau info, cross city references, distance between zip codes, surrounding zip codes and US Post Office locations from a zip code.

Reference Sites

• Approaches to Government Information Web Pages 
• Assorted Encyclopedias on the Web 
• BiographicalDictionary 
• Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica online with not only info but also links to major newspapers, art galleries, etc.
• DeskRef: Quick Reference Links 
• Direct Search An impressive collection of databases which aid in finding resources not indexed in the popular search engines and directories. This is a site which can help you stay two steps ahead of your saavy students!
• Encyclopediason Net 
• Information Please 
• Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection, The  
• iTools! 
• Martindale's The Reference Desk The Web site contains an extensive index to on-line references.
• OneLookDictionaries OneLook Dictionaries is a site that allows you to "metasearch" as many as 454 online dictionaries to find the definition or spelling of a particular word. According to the site, more than two million words are accessible through its search engine.
• Reference Desk, The 
• Resource Central 
• Signpost Information Service This website offers a fantastic listing of information services on the Web. You'll find listings of search engines, news services, search tips, research tools, and topic categories such as education, culture, finance, health and medicine, and law.
• SpireProject The Spire Project has become the most detailed source for research guidance to be found on the Internet. It is content rich, cohesive and verified monthly.
• Virtual Reference Desk ("Ask-An-Expert"), The  The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) is a new project creating the foundations for a national cooperative digital reference service. Digital reference services, also called "Ask-An-Expert" (or "AskA") services, are Internet-based question and answer services that connect users with individuals who possess specialized subject or skill expertise. As opposed to static Web pages, digital reference services use the Internet to place people in contact with people who can answer specific questions and instruct users on developing certain skills.

Research Reference Sites

• Columbia Institute for Learning Technologies Professionally designed site dedicated to teachers and their research needs. Study spaces, digital text projects, publications, indices and subject guides are all highlights of this superb page.
• Educational Research Network Easy access to the best print and electronic research information available in education. Up-to-date research on teaching, classroom management, psychology, testing, child development, and cognitive science.
• FIND/SVP: Business Research, Consulting and Management Advisory Services 
• Research It! Very thorough page offering tools for reference work, languages, library work, geography, financial research, shipping and mailing info, and educational listservs. Nice no nonsense approach.
• Research Skills and Strategies An overview of one approach describing how Internet search strategies can be integrated with teaching and learning. Links to sections on How to Search and Search Tools.
• Researchpaper.com 

Words

• Bartlett's Quotations 
• Foreign Language Translation Services Available Free on the Internet 
• Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices, A 
• Internet Writing Journal, The 
• More quotations 
• Onelook Dictionary, The Onelook claims a word count of 2,299,280 English words in 461 dictionaries. The unwieldy interface mars a useful tool, but the site has an excellent index of other dictionaries, including specialty dictionaries and related resources.
• Oxford English Dictionary 
• Ruth's Help Page 
• Web of On-line Dictionaries, A Try this mama of every aspect of words and languages, and you'll probably put a shortcut to it on your desktop. Dictionaries, grammars, linguistics, morphology .... links to more than 800 dictionaries in over 160 languages.
• Webster's Dictionary 
• World Wide Words Michael Quinion must never sleep. He has developed a rich resource for lovers of words. You can find out past history of common words, catch the latest creations used in the press, or check usage. Divided into categories like "The Word Hoard," "Articles," and "Newsworthy Words," the site is a playground of our evolving language. What makes it even better is that there's a fun bloke named Michael ready to play with you. Teachers might use this as a resource for getting students to see the changing nature of the words around them.